Below you’ll find the final topics for the NPTE. As per the bylaws, topics followed by *** are designated for prelims and the first two elim rounds. The remaining topics will be designated as elim topics.
Happy researching! See you all in 3 weeks!

Starkey

Agricultural Subsidies
The United States federal government should substantially reduce its domestic agricultural subsidies for corn.***
The United States federal government should substantially reduce its domestic agricultural subsidies by eliminating the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.***
The United States federal government should substantially reduce its domestic agricultural subsidies for cotton.

Geoengineering
The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding for the development and implementation of marine-cloud brightening.***
The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding for the development and implementation of ocean fertilization.***
The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding for the development and implementation of stratospheric aerosol injection.

Space Exploration
The United States federal government should substantially increase funding to significantly accelerate human missions to Mars.***
The United States federal government should substantially increase the development and use of solar power produced beyond the Earth’s mesosphere.
The United States federal government should create a program to substantially protect its satellites from military attack.

US Naval Presence
The United States should significantly increase its military naval presence in the Persian Gulf.***
The United States should significantly increase its military naval presence in the South China Sea.***
The United States should significantly increase its military naval presence in the Arctic Ocean.

Water Development Conflict
The United Nations should substantially increase its funding of water filtration and production to developing nation-states.***
The United Nations should intervene for the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Irtysh River dispute with the People’s Republic of China.***
The United Nations should substantially increase its water assistance program to the people in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Below you’ll find the final topics for the NPTE. As per the bylaws, topics followed by *** are designated for prelims and the first two elim rounds. The remaining topics will be designated as elim topics. Happy researching! See you all in 3 weeks!

Starkey

Agricultural Subsidies The United States federal government should substantially reduce its domestic agricultural subsidies for corn.***The United States federal government should substantially reduce its domestic agricultural subsidies by eliminating the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.***The United States federal government should substantially reduce its domestic agricultural subsidies for cotton.

Geoengineering The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding for the development and implementation of marine-cloud brightening.***The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding for the development and implementation of ocean fertilization.***The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding for the development and implementation of stratospheric aerosol injection.

Space Exploration The United States federal government should substantially increase funding to significantly accelerate human missions to Mars.***The United States federal government should substantially increase the development and use of solar power produced beyond the Earth’s mesosphere. The United States federal government should create a program to substantially protect its satellites from military attack.

US Naval Presence The United States should significantly increase its military naval presence in the Persian Gulf.***The United States should significantly increase its military naval presence in the South China Sea.***The United States should significantly increase its military naval presence in the Arctic Ocean.

Water Development Conflict The United Nations should substantially increase its funding of water filtration and production to developing nation-states.***The United Nations should intervene for the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Irtysh River dispute with the People’s Republic of China.***The United Nations should substantially increase its water assistance program to the people in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Yes…we only get to designate 9 topics and there are 5 areas. One area will be left with just a single prelim/first two elim designation.

Ah. We selected ten (two from each area) last year. Upon further review, the tournament rules do say nine but have also not been updated to reflect the shift to five topic areas (they say three from each controversy area which obviously makes no sense).

The topic committee will identify a pool of nine resolutions (with three from each controversy area) from which all preliminary round resolutions and all resolutions in the first two elimination rounds will be selected.

Thanks for the note. I’ll make sure the board makes this rule change during the summer to fix the discrepancy to reflect the 5 controversy area change. One nice thing about using only 9 topics is that there will only be one topic unused rather than 2. Might help the research burden a bit?